Concord (Farm & Ball's Hill)
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, May 16, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Red Squirrel. Fair
  Forenoon sunny; afternoon cloudy
Chill N.E. [northeast] wind all day.
  Arrival
Loon. Its laughing outcry heard twice
in quick succession & with startling
distinctness as I was standing near
our barn at 11.30 A.M. The 
sound came from eastward no doubt
from a bird on wing mig. [migrating] northward.
I looked for him in vain however.
  North bound migrants.
Several White-throated Sparrows, a
Tennesee Warbler [in full song] in oaks behind
barn, 2 Usnea Warblers.
  Local birds
No change for several days past.
  Walked to Ball's Hill & back
via Birch Field & Bensen's in A.M.
(9.30 - 11.30). Birds scattered
sparingly everywhere & singing
freely. Larches blighted by recent
frost. Heard a Red Squirrel near
Barrett Spring (only one this year).
Spent afternoon in house writing
letters & cheques.
Concord (Farm)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday May 17, 1915 Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Light N.E. [northeast] rain storm lasting all day.
  No arrivals. Few north bound migrants.
Tennessee Warbler singing freely in oaks
behind barn through day. One adult
White-throated Sparrow. Golden winged
Warbler heard in Berry Pasture.
Flickers (2) shouting ceaselessly.
Not much singing on part of
other local birds; Sixteen Bats in
shed loft. Robin's nest on woodpile
in shed had 3 eggs.
  We had intended to begin
spraying this morning but the
rain persisted. George worked
out of doors despite it, Zeph &
Burbank in the barn preparing
posts for a new bar way at
head of lawn. Harris & his man
came down & worked at laying
a brick side walk behind house
until driven in by rain. I wrote
letters & cheques for bills.